Dear ECS and MARMAM List subscribers,

in the following please find some of the Cetacean news of week 38. News from September 11 to September 14 are added subsequently to the news of last week.

(September 11, 2008)

IWC issues media blackout on discussions to lift whaling ban - http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0911-whales_hance.html

Whales Had Legs, Wiggled Hips, Study Says - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080911-whale-legs.html

(September 12, 2008)

Greenland seeks whaling breakaway - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7611617.stm

(September 14, 2008)

Cape Cod provides a sanctuary for whales - http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080914/FOREIGN/465407512/1014/SPORT

(September 15, 2008)

Oceans are 'too noisy' for whales - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7616283.stm

Haifa researchers 'harvest' full whale skeleton for research and display - http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1221489039878&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(September 16, 2008)

Experts: Whale Songs Are Heard For The First Time Around New York City Waters - http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=96170482105

RESEARCHERS fear tourists to Australia's dolphin-watching capital could be loving the popular marine mammals to death. - http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24359387-5014090,00.html

(September 17, 2008)

Taiwan Urged to Take Action to Protect Endangered Coastal Dolphin - http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1558316/taiwan_urged_to_take_action_to_protect_endangered_coastal_dolphin/

Whale had lung problems, parasites, scientist says - http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/sep/17/whale_had_lung_problems_parasites_scient54740/

(September 18, 2008)

New deal on power could help put Soko Islands dolphins in the pink - http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=71826&sid=20449657&con_type=1

New Marine Mammal Center Formed At Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=40928610735

In search of Moby-Dick - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7621592.stm

11 Burning Questions with Dr. Thomas White - http://media.www.laloyolan.com/media/storage/paper803/news/2008/09/18/News/11.Burning.Questions.With.Dr.Thomas.White-3437799.shtml

Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activists investigated - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/18/eawhales118.xml

(September 19, 2008)

Get ready to blubber in Whaledreamers - http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/entertainment/film/get-ready-to-blubber-in-whaledreamers/2008/09/18/1221331007892.html

Humpback whale spotted in the Channel - http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/channel-humpback.html